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Gareth Gates admitted he still struggles with his speech every day (Image: Rex Features)

The singer has set up a stammer school to help kids (Image: Rex Features)

Speaking on ITV's Lorraine to Christine Lampard, he said: "I’ve had this idea to open a stammer school for some years now to help children who share the same affliction as me and to teach them that’s there’s lots of people in this boat. As a child I didn’t know anybody else who stammered so it was a very lonely place.

What I’m trying to achieve with this school is to break this isolation. To teach them I’m like you guys and there’s lots of other kids like you guys. Hopefully that will install confidence in them."

Gareth explained that the first three day course, which starts on November 9, will be hosted by speech and language therapists as well as Gareth himself and others who live with a stammer.

He said: "It’s a battle for me still every day. Sometimes my speech is great and other times it’s awful. It’s just to teach these kids that even on those days when you’re finding it hard that’s ok. The sooner they accept that the better for them.

"My gift in life is the fact I’m able to sing and I think without that growing up especially I would have really struggled, it was my chance to shine, my only form of expression.

"School was really hard as I wasn’t able to talk at all. It's hard at school as kids get bullied because of these things and I’m trying to raise awareness as well so that the country knows a little bit more about this thing called the stammer and I think it will help more children out there."